Indian Textile Taster 3-17 January, 2009 Tutor- Fiona Wright 4-18 April, 2009 Tutor- Anne Bruntlett Creative Arts Safaris is offering an Indian Textile Taster Tour especially with Textile teachers in mind ...and anyone with a textile interest! Along with the excitement and colour of this fascinating country will be the opportunity to experience hands-on some of the textile traditions and skills that have flourished here for millennia. Join the family of an indigo dyer to print mud resist paste and then dunk into the indigo vat to produce your own samples and, further along the road, a day in the workshop of a family who can trace back a history of hundreds of years as masters of bandhani [tie and dye] to learn some of their skills. Visit felt makers, gold work embroiderers and sparkle markets to pick up resources and ideas for work back home. So many experiences - the Taj Mahal, old forts and palaces with their amazing mirror halls and tile work to inspire appliqué, cutwork and printing. Study the quality and variety in contemporary applications of traditional stitching skills in a Fair Trade project in Udaipur and much more … All this supported by tour guides who are practising textile artists familiar with Textile education in the UK and Australia. Special Tours can also be tailored to suit senior level student groups-just ask. We will include a CD of projects and suggestions for utilising your experiences in the class room. This material has been supplied by Anne Bruntlett , Fiona Wright and some of our friends who have extensive teaching experience in the English and Australian educational systems. Check out the new updated itinerary- jam packed with markets, textiles and much more sparkle! Anne writes of her experiences. The groans: Recently attending several of the workshops at a major education conference has done little to increase my faith in textiles teaching today. ‘Exciting textiles’ and ‘textiles in the curriculum’ do not seem to be phrases that fit together. Why haven’t we moved on from the 50s? Why are pupils being made to produce cushion covers and drawstring bags that will be tossed into deep recesses by pupils when they take them home, never to seen the light of day again? There are sources for inspiration in the world which can enthuse the teacher and make textiles the ‘in’ subject if only we are willing to take the first step of faith. Where are the brave textile teachers? The possibilities: India is a shock to the system that can refresh the creative juices in unimaginable ways. The flash of vivid colour in a sea of dust, the reflection of a thousand mirrors, the sound of bells, drums and fireworks. Put these all together and you have an inspirational cocktail that can change your view on colour, decoration, pattern and maybe even life! It certainly changed my perspective! |
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